Last Fair Deal to Play Pardee-Morris House on July 5

Last Fair Deal will be at the Pardee-Morris House on July 5. (Posted by akelei11, Community Contributor)

Community Contributor akelei11

Despite what their name may imply, the crowd is guaranteed a good deal, and a great time, when the folk-synthesis veterans of Last Fair Deal take the stage for the 2107 Twilight Concert series at the Pardee-Morris House on Wednesday, July 5 (rain date, Thursday, July 6), at 7 p.m. The free performance is hosted by the New Haven Museum, which owns and operates the historic site.

Last Fair Deal redraws the map of American roots music with fluid energy and creativity.Their eclectic repertoire draws on old-time string-band, bluegrass, swing, and popularmusic. The trio's current lineup features Paul Howard on vocals and guitar, TomHagymasi on vocals, fiddle, bouzouki and accordian, and Phil Zimmerman on vocals,mandolin, and banjo and autoharp.

Howard is a Connecticut-born guitarist, singer and songwriter who has beenworking as a professional musician and teacher for his entire adult life. He is a founding faculty member and author with the prestigious National Guitar Workshop. He has five nationally published guitar instruction books under his belt as well as two videos. He has also performed extensively with Grammy-winning resophonic guitarist Stacy Phillips.

Hagymasi began his musical career as a member of Connecticut's infamous BlueEagle Boys in 1964, and subsequently an outrageous jug band, The Golden Nectar Good Time Band. He also found himself playing country music during the line-dance craze of the 1990's performing with Wild Horse, Tennessee Connection, Rodeo Drive and others. He also co-founded the New York based bluegrass group American Flyer, and has performed on the bluegrass festival circuit with Mike Burns' North County.

Zimmerman was born in the mid-West and grew up in Nebraska and Illinois. After graduating, he moved to Long Island, where he had the good fortune to meet and make music with Ernie Sykes, Sr. (Ernie's son, Ernie Jr. was Bill Monroe's last bass player). After picking and singing with Ernie for a few years, he moved to Connecticut where Last Fair Deal was born in a parking lot jam with Tom Hagymasi at Country Gentlemen Bluegrass Festival.

The Museum thanks the Knights of Columbus, Rodrigo Council #44, East Shore Management Team, and Morris Cove neighbors, including the DeCola Family, Frank Pinto and Rosemary Spring, for supporting the 2017 summer season.

Concert DetailsGrounds open at 6 p.m., the concert begins at 7 pm. The Pardee-Morris House will be open to visitors for tours till 8 p.m. The public is invited to bring blankets and chairs and enjoy a picnic on the lawn.

About the Pardee-Morris HouseLocated at 325 Lighthouse Road, in New Haven, the Pardee-Morris House dates from about 1780, and is listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places. Built by Amos Morris around 1750, the house was burned by the British during their raid on New Haven in 1779, and rebuilt and expanded by the Morris family. In 1918, William Pardee, a descendant of the Morris family, willed the property to the New Haven Colony Historical Society, today the New Haven Museum. For a complete list of summer events at the Pardee-Morris House, visit: http://newhavenmuseum.org/visit/pardee-morris-house/ For New Haven Museum's event calendar: http://newhavenmuseum.org/visit/events-calendar/ Sign up for e-blasts at info@newhavenmuseum.org.

About the New Haven MuseumThe New Haven Museum, founded in 1862 as the New Haven Colony Historical Society, is located in downtown New Haven at 114 Whitney Avenue. The Museum collects, preserves and interprets the history and heritage of Greater New Haven and through its collections, exhibitions, programs and outreach brings more than 375 years of the Elm City's history to life. For more information visit www.newhavenmuseum.org or facebook.com/NewHavenMuseum or call 203-562-4183.

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